Parallel state

The "Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ)/Parallel State Structure (PDY)," an alleged organization led by U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, exploited the judiciary and state institutions to achieve their own goals, a top Turkish judicial official has argued.

A Turkish government-backed lawsuit has been filed against a U.S.-based Islamic cleric, who has become the chief foe of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

In investigation by the Turkish Interior Ministry has revealed that millions of pages of documents used to build an indictment in a 2012 espionage case were actually leaked through the Interior Ministry at the time.

An investigation by the Turkish Interior Ministry has revealed that millions of pages of documents used to build an indictment in a 2012 espionage case were actually leaked through the Interior Ministry at the time.

Ankara police on Nov. 6 searched offices of business groups working under the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), known to have close links to the movement of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.

An arrest warrant in absentia and a red notice has been issued in Turkey for the U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, while a local court has accepted an indictment against 69 suspects, including Gülen, for links to the alleged ?Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ)/Parallel State Structure (PDY).? 

Turkey?s judicial disciplinary board will continue to fight against judges who have allegedly been receiving orders from the powerful Fethullah Gülen community during controversial cases, the justice minister has said.

Turkey?s interior minister has suggested that followers of the U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) are collaborating to manipulate the results of the upcoming Nov. 1 elections, alleging that they also did so during the June 7 parliamentary elections.

Police forces have raided four schools in the capital city of Ankara with alleged linked to the Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) ally-turned-foe, U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen. 

The case into 28 people from Turkey's top science body and top telecommunications authority illegally wiretapping the encrypted phones of high-ranking state officials, including then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, will begin on July 13.